By • Jul 22,2008

For Whom the Bell Tolls

Dave Weigel reports, and, yes “surprisingly subdued” is about right. If by surprisingly subdued you mean morbidly benumbed….

By • Jul 22,2008

Superhero political affiliation

Fantastic link in the comments from PMM. Which political party does your superhero belong to? Superman: Moderate Republican Small town values and big city pragmatism inform Superman’s middle-of-the-road political beliefs....

By • Jul 22,2008

How to do a blog book right

Apparently there’s this website called Waiter Rant. I’ve never been there before, but apparently it’s quite popular. It’s about an anonymous waiter who dishes on life behind the scenes at...

By • Jul 22,2008

Groverfield

Since there’s no news (I mean, there is news, just nothing I’m terribly interested in…a Serbian warlord was captured? Wow. Obama’s in the middle east? Pass the martinis, I guess),...

By • Jul 22,2008

Thought of the Day

What if the desire for flourishing is narcissistic? How do we parse our way out of that paper bag? Time to change the terms of argument, foax.

By • Jul 22,2008

Context is King, _***er

Julian wants to argue that The N Word is not always offensive. I agree: we can run offensive vulgarities that degrade everyone in their full printed glory but yikes when...